Derek Pringle

This is where you will find all The Cricket Paper’s Derek Pringle columns, opinion and content.

Is this better than 2005? Not just yet

16 July 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle England’s current Test cricketers enjoy a round of golf (well, maybe not Jonny Bairstow), but so too […]

Nasty, Brutish, Short: Facing up to real pace

9 July 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle If the boos resounding around Headingley for Pat Cummins were meant to embarrass Australia’s captain on the […]

Anderson’s Ashes hanging by a thread

2 July 2023 0 comments

About five years ago I was interviewed for the job of England selector and was asked by the interview panel […]

Macho England hooked on self-destruction

2 July 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle From Playground to the Test Arena’ was a slogan, now defunct, that the ECB once used to […]

No turning back

25 June 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE Ozball 1, Bazball 0. Tortoise 1, Hare 0. Traditionalists 1, Disruptors 0….. just some of the headlines aired […]

Bewildering, but brilliant Bazball

18 June 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE This Ashes is Bazball’s big trial in the court of cricketing opinion though finding hard evidence of it […]

The Moeen Mystery

12 June 2023 0 comments

I’m a bit confused. England’s go-to spinner Jack Leach suffers a stress fracture and pulls out of the Ashes and […]

Farewell to a true master of his craft

11 June 2023 0 comments

David Emery 1946-2023 Derek Pringle looks back at the career of The Cricket Paper supremo who sadly died last week […]

Head cleared, Travis poses a new threat

11 June 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE If imitation is the greatest form of flattery then Travis Head should have the gratitude of the country […]

Broad is kept so young by fine art

4 June 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle If James Anderson is the perfectionist, Stuart Broad is the pragmatist – a bowler who finds what […]

Josh has really set Tongues wagging

4 June 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE Tall, quick and accurate, there is much to admire about Josh Tongue, the strapping Worcestershire fast bowler who […]

Ashes quality is in danger due to lack of preparation

28 May 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE | @derekpringle Australians used to be the only ones who disagreed with Stuart Broad’s pronouncements on cricket. Yet, […]

JOFRA’S NOW GOT A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE

21 May 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Decision time: Jofra Archer needs to juggle his list of priorities if he is to enjoy any […]

Jofra’s now got a tough decision to make

21 May 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle England have played exactly 48 Tests since Jofra Archer made his debut in 2019, but due to […]

County batters heeding McCullum’s clarion call

14 May 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE County cricketers have always been particular about their batting gloves but the gauntlet thrown down by Brendon McCullum, […]

COUNTY SEASON LEFT TO SUFFER

26 September 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle As harbingers of things to come the recent move by Ross Whiteley from Worcestershire to Hampshire would […]

A TEN OUT OF TEN FOR CLASS

19 September 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle TO OPPONENTS, Ryan ten Doeschate has been as awkward as his name is to pronounce, with some […]

IT’S NOTHING LIKE THE CARNAGE OF KARACHI!

12 September 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Devastation: The aftermath of the riot in Karachi in 1969 which forced the abandonment of the Test […]

Dale Steyn had traits of a true legend | Derek Pringle

5 September 2021 0 comments

Given better luck with injuries Dale Steyn could have been a rival for James Anderson for most wickets by a […]

RISHABH’S FORM IS SIMPLY PANT-S!

5 September 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE Rishabh Pant is one of the most exciting batting talents in Indian cricket and was instrumental in his […]

Joe Root has all the attributes of a great | Derek Pringle

29 August 2021 0 comments

Joe Root had more support from England’s top-order batsmen against India at Headingley, but he continues to play the game […]

BEEFY WILL DEMAND RESULTS

29 August 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE Icon: Sir Ian Botham almost single-handedly won the 1981 Ashes – when Prime Minister Boris Johnson was just […]

Four bowlers can do the job for England | Derek Pringle

22 August 2021 0 comments

It is ten years since England became the No 1 Test team in world cricket, after trouncing MS Dhoni’s India […]

Jimmy Anderson should have know it is a big boy’s game | Derek Pringle